Combined folding bed and table.



PATENTED JUNE 26, 1906.

J. L. BOISVBRT. COMBINED FOLDING BED AND TABLE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 5, 1906.

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No. 824,404.. PATENTED JUNE 26, 1906.

J. L. BOISVERT. COMBINED FOLDING BED AND TABLE. APPLICATION FILED MAR.5, 190B.

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COMBINED FOLDING BED AND TABLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 26, 1906.

Application filed March 6,1906. Serial No. 304,239.

To all whmn it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OSEPH L. BOISVERT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kankakee, in the county of Kankakee and State of Illinois,have invented new and useful Improvements in a Combined Folding Bed andTable, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is a combined folding bed, table, and box, particularlyadapted for the use of hunters and camping parties, where a piece offurniture is desirable which will answer the requirements of a bed ortable and which can be taken down and folded to form a box capable ofconvenient transportation in a car, wagon, or boat.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a side elevation of the device set up as a bed, the canopyor hood at one end being in raised position and at "the other end inlowered position. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the device set up as atable. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the device folded as a box forstorage or transportation. Fig. 4 is a detail in top plan view showingthe bows which support the hood in folded position. Figs. 5 and 6 aredetails in section and perspective of the hinges which connect thesections.

Referring specifically to the drawings, the box is formed of twosections, each of which has two sides 6, a top or bottom 7, and fixedend pieces 8 at one end. These sections are hinged together by hinges 9,each of which consists of two pairs of plates having a connecting-pintle10 at one corner, and these plates swing between each other when theinges are opened, as shown in Fig. 6, so that a pin 11 may be insertedthrough holes provided for that purpose in the plate to prevent thesections from buckling or folding when the parts are set up as a bed, asshown in Fig. 1. pieces 8 the box-sections have removable end pieces 12,which may serve as legs for the table and bed. These pieces arerabbeted, as at 13, to fit between the hinges and to fully close theends of the box when applied for that purpose. The top or bottom pieces7 of the box-sections are provided with socketplates 14, one of saidpieces having two pairs of plates and the other having one pair, and theend pieces 12 have at one edge thereof lugs 15, which are adapted to fitin the sock- At the end opposite the fixed ets in said plates. Saidpieces also have at their ends swinging links 16, adapted to engage pins17 to form braces in the various positions in which the parts may beset. The latch 18 serves to hold the sections of the box closed.

The hood is formed in two parts 19, each of which is supported by a pairof bows 20. These are pivoted on the inner side of the side pieces ofthe box-sections at the respective ends thereof, and the canvas or otherfabric forming the hood is attached to the bows. Jointed braces 21 serveto hold the bows in upright position. The lower portion of the hood maybe left loose to form a flap, as at 22, which can be turned up forventilation, mosquito-netting or the like 23 being used to excludeinsects. These bows and the hood will fold or collapse within the box,as shown at one end in Fig. 1. For use as a transportation-box onesection is folded over upon the other and the end pieces 12 are appliedto the open end and held in place by the lugs 15 and the links 16, thehood being inclosed within the box. Clothing or other articles may alsobe packed therein. For use as a bed the sections are opened or unfoldedand the end pieces 12 are applied thereunder, as shown in Fig. 1, thelugs 15 being entered in the sockets of the plate 14, one end pieceunder each section. The pins 11 are inserted and the hood raised. Thisforms a stormproof bed and tent for sleeping purposes, one of theadvantages of which is that it is raised from the ground. For use as atable the pins 11 are removed and the boxsections folded upon eachother. The legpieces are then applied to the under side of one section,the bottom boards of the other section forming the table-top.

I claim 1. A combined folding bed and table, comprising two box-sectionshinged together, a detachable end piece on each section, adapted to forma closure therefor, means to attach both of the end pieces to the bottomof one of the sections, to form legs for the device when used as atable, and means to attach each end piece to the bottom of one of thesections, to form legs when the device is used as a bed.

2. A combined folding bed and table, comprising two box-sections hingedtogether, one of the sections having two sets of sockets in the bottomthereof and the other section having one set of sockets in the bottomthereof, and a detachable end piece on each sec tion, having lugsengageable in the sockets, so that both pieces may be attached as legs 5to the bottom of one box-section, or one piece may be attached to eachsection.

3. A folding bed comprising two box-sections hinged together, a pair ofbows pivoted at their ends to the sides of each section, and

foldabie Within the same, and flexible fabric Id stretched over thebows.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

JOSEPH L. BOISVERT.

Witnesses:

W. H. SAVAGE, HENRY F. RUEL.

